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Witch Hunt - Executive produced and Narrated by Sean Penn. Jobs for Felons: List of Companies That Hire Felons. Sex Offender Issues - Documenting the modern day witch hunt and hysteria! Original Article By CHRIS CUOMO and MIGUEL SANCHO Biurny Peguero Accused William McCaffrey of 2005 Rape A random encounter between a New Jersey woman and New York City man turned the lives of two families upside down forever.

Sex Offender Issues - Documenting the modern day witch hunt and hysteria!

In the summer of 2005, Biurny Peguero went out for a girl's night of dancing and drinking in New York City. "I drank like five blue Hawaiians," Peguero, now 27, told "20/20," admitting she was past her limit of the rum-based cocktail. At the end of the night, Peguero and her best friend Aurora Pujols waited in the car while other girls picked up food from a restaurant. The man was William McCaffrey, a 32-year-old Bronx, N.Y., contractor, who'd also been out drinking with his buddies. "We want to go to the afterhours club," he said. Pujols said she got out of the car expecting Peguero to follow, but instead, Peguero took the car and drove off. Sex Offender Issues - Documenting the modern day witch hunt and hysteria! Original Article By Jonross Swaby Woman jailed after falsely accusing cleaner to get coursework extension A UNIVERSITY student has been blasted after falsely claiming she had been raped so she could get an extension on her coursework.

Sex Offender Issues - Documenting the modern day witch hunt and hysteria!

Temitope Adenugba, 24, was jailed for 18 months last week for committing the hoax. She had reportedly been struggling to hand in her work on time at Oxford Brookes University, so Adenugba phoned police claiming she was sexually assaulted by a cleaner in her hall of residence. When officers arrived, she randomly blamed innocent [name withheld], the court heard. On websites, both men and women reacted angrily, blasting the student for trying to ruin the life of an innocent man, and for making it more difficult for real rape victims to get justice. ‘It's no wonder real rape victims struggle to get convictions when there are women out there who will cry it for no good reason,’ added Pato from Aberdeen on the Metro newpaper’s website. Caretaker framed as paedophile by colleague (Neil Weiner) is living in fear of reprisals.

Original Article By Peter Dominiczak A school caretaker falsely accused of being a paedophile after child porn was planted on his computer by a disgruntled colleague still lives in fear of vigilante attacks, close friends said today.

Caretaker framed as paedophile by colleague (Neil Weiner) is living in fear of reprisals

Neil Weiner, 39, framed his boss [name withheld], the caretaker at Swanlea secondary school in east London, in a bid to get him sacked and take his job. Today he was jailed for 12 years at the Old Bailey. Judge David Paget told him: "What you did to a decent and honest man was in my view wicked. Weiner downloaded hundreds of images of child pornography and planted them on Mr [name withheld]'s laptop, which was locked in a cupboard at the school. He then anonymously sent a CD containing the pornographic images to the police and in a scribbled note claimed they had been downloaded from Mr [name withheld]'s laptop.

Sex Offender Issues - Documenting the modern day witch hunt and hysteria! Original Article By John Hoskins A TAXI driver was locked up for almost a day and had his licence suspended for several weeks after an alcoholic drug abuser claimed he had raped her.

Sex Offender Issues - Documenting the modern day witch hunt and hysteria!

Donna Robinson launched a major police investigation after saying she had been attacked outside a Southampton bar. In reality, she had consensual sex with the cabbie. The 27-year-old had rowed with her boyfriend and stormed off from a party after having taken a cocktail of alcohol, cocaine, cannabis and heroin. Hours later, she gave police what prosecutor David Jenkins described as “a compelling account” of how she had been sitting outside The Edge nightclub when she was approached by two men, one of whom tried to kiss her.

Robinson took police to the scene and described her ordeal. GA - Cobb woman (Jennifer Marie Shipley) charged with falsely reporting kidnap, rape. Original Article By Christopher Seward A Marietta woman who claimed she had been kidnapped and raped over two days last month has been arrested and charged with making the incident up.

GA - Cobb woman (Jennifer Marie Shipley) charged with falsely reporting kidnap, rape

Smyrna Police said it canceled a lookout for two suspects and arrested Jennifer Marie Shipley, 32, on Thursday. She was taken to the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, where she remained Friday. Police did not give a motive for Shipley's actions. Police sought the public's help last week in the kidnapping and rape of the woman, who previously had not been identified. Sex Offender Issues - Documenting the modern day witch hunt and hysteria! Original Article CONWAY - A Conway woman is charged with filing a false police report after telling police she was raped by an acquaintance.

Sex Offender Issues - Documenting the modern day witch hunt and hysteria!

Police say the report was filed on Tuesday by 28-year-old Jessica Cherry. Sex Offender Issues - Documenting the modern day witch hunt and hysteria! Original Article A Surrey woman who falsely claimed her ex-boyfriend raped her after giving her a Pringles sandwich laced with diazepam has been jailed for three years.

Sex Offender Issues - Documenting the modern day witch hunt and hysteria!

Kate Woodhead made her claim against [name withheld] after he told her their 18-month relationship was over, Guildford Crown Court was told. The 31-year-old, from Ripley, told police Mr [name withheld] had drugged her before attacking her. She then stole belongings of his worth about £25,000. Judge Neil Stewart said he had no option but to send her to prison. 'Vindictive' campaign The court heard Woodhead, who ran livery stables in Surrey, went to police with a friend in April 2009 and made the false allegation.

Sex Offender Issues - Documenting the modern day witch hunt and hysteria! Original Article By Kim Pilling An "irresponsible and wicked" woman was jailed for three years today after she slashed her body, hair and clothing to convince police she was the victim of a serious sexual assault.

Sex Offender Issues - Documenting the modern day witch hunt and hysteria!

A judge told Leyla Ibrahim, 22, she was dishonest from "first to last" as her false claim sparked a major police investigation and led to the arrest of four innocent men. Her allegation that she was attacked while walking home alone at night led to the suspects being held in custody for more than 60 hours. One man described his ordeal in detention as "torture" while another attempted self harm, Carlisle Crown Court heard.

Petrol station attendant Ibrahim, of Carlisle, Cumbria, wanted to teach her friends a lesson in January last year after they were said to have refused to give her a lift home.